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Backstory: I wrote this blog post a couple of months ago, and I wasn’t at my best. My resumes and cover letters were getting no response, I was (and still am) suffering from a bad case of imposterism fueled by doing data analytics and data science without a degree, I was looking around only saw people 10 times smarter than I’d ever be.
Since that time, in a matter of a few months, I had a number of very good interviews with prospective employers, and I gave two well-received talks at a local SQL Saturday event.

Intro In this blog post, I’ll try to highlight some of Excel’s functionality which have been around for a while, but remains largely unknown to the broad public.
Now, I’ll be the first one to throw rocks at the Excel camp. I’ve got receipts:
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— Taras Kaduk (@taraskaduk) February 10, 2018 My analysis is in Excel. #Loseyourjobin5words
— Taras Kaduk (@taraskaduk) March 5, 2018 Reproducible analysis, case in point.

Cross-posted: Medium
We happen to talk a lot about the impostor syndrome these days. No wonder — it seems to be an important subject. But what is it? That feeling of faking it while others clearly know what’s they’re doing.
Many attempts have been made to clarify the issue. Explaining that it is OK, that we all feel that way going through life. Et cetera et cetera. Some advice has gone as far as making the impostor syndrome a badge of honor.